I’m a fool for never considering this- allow me to redeem myself.

Dandelion : a small yellow flower which represents healing, resilience, and hope

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“Look, Toshi, dandelions!”

Bright yellow met his gaze as Yagi shook himself out of his thoughts, the voice chirping from beside him drawing his attention to the wild patches of weeds sprouting out across the courtyard. You had insisted that the two of you go out for some fresh air, once he was discharged from the hospital, practically guiding him alongside you to a small path leading to various places in nearby nature.

It had been a week sitting up in a hospital bed while doctors and nurses tended to his broken limbs, his shattered arm still bound even now, useless against him in its sling. While police spoke to him about the League and their next actions – his next actions. You had been beside him the whole time, holding his less mangled hand in yours, wiping tears with the other that first night – when he had his final fight… when he was forced to retire.

His thoughts were so heavy, uneasy with this newfound idleness. He was slipping into the dark recesses of his mind; stuck on all the things he could no longer do. No longer be.

But you were there, guiding him back to the light with gentle hands and promises of a new future – different, but bright.

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